[Taito] It's now the summer after the contest and Tai's going to New York for a modeling program. What will Matt do for 3 months without Tai? How will Tai deal with the separation? And will their love survive this challenge? Sequel to Model Behavior.

Vialana: Tai is back! I missed him so he came back early. Glad you liked
so much of the chapter. Here's the epilogue, and are you a mind reader?
You seem to know my ideas before I post them. Or are they just that
obvious...? Thanks! COOKIES! HAHAHA! Epilogue is out! And you should
REALLY update Realities of Friendship, I love that fic. You only have, one
more chapter? Don't be cruel...lol.

CCPheonix: Yup, all the good Taitoness. I posted as soon as I could. I
hope you can read this before you leave. Where you going? And yes, that's
what I mean about the secrets. Anyways, have fun wherever you're going and
make sure to look for the 3rd story when you come home.

NEo-cHaN: Wait no more, it's here! ^_^ And you need to update Kukachi.
Love that fic.

Heaven's Angel Chick: I won't leave you hanging anymore.

Claire1308: Glad you like it. The third story.......I think it'll be
called Model Perfection. No actually, I'm not sure. It'll definitely be
Model something though. I will write it soon.

Digininga: Glad you like it. You REALLY confused me with the whole
guessing thing, but then again I get confused easily. Anyway, I think you
DO know...here's the epilogue and new story will be out soon.

Aero-Grrl: Yup, whoohoo! He got his deal. I couldn't live without Tai
home anymore. I updated. Now about your story, "Behind the Curtain.. you
need to update that. Lol. I love that fic.

All right now. I normally wouldn't have posted this so soon, but I did it
under the request of CCPheonix, who is leaving on holiday Saturday. So I
thought I'd be nice and give her the last chapter. And then I can start on
the next story. But yea, read the bottom note like always.

KV: And enjoy the last chapter of Model Love.

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Tai and I walked into the party together. I was so glad that I finally had
him all to myself again.

"Hey you guys!" Tai greeted someone and walked away. Well, I DID have him
all to myself.

"Hey Matt, come over here." Tai waved. I shrugged and walked towards him.
He was standing with Mimi and a few other people I didn't recognize.

"Um..Tai? Who are all these people?" I asked him cautiously.

"These are some of my friends from NYC. This is Justin, Mimi's boyfriend.
Then this is McKenzie, Ryan, and Tyce. Guys, this is my boyfriend Matt."
Tai introduced me to the group before me.

"Tai showed me a picture. You're cute. What can I say?" She shrugged. I
raised my eyebrow subconsciously.

"Relax, I'm not trying to hit on you or anything. I think it's great you
and Tai are dating." She said with a grin.

"Ok. Just checking." I returned the smile.

"So yea, enjoy yourselves guys, mingle, do anything!" Tai said and dragged
me away from the others. He sat down on one of the couches and dragged me
down with him.

"So talk to me. I haven't seen you forever." He said as he opened a can of
pop.

"Well, what's there to really say? I've been working with the band, I went
to France, was hit on by a slut who wouldn't let me tell her I was gay and
taken. Just little things like that." I finished off.

"Sounds like you were busy this summer."

"No not really. Mostly I was kicking myself for letting you leave me." He
grinned and rolled his eyes.

"No sense in doing that if I'm back now is there?"

"Guess not." I got off of the couch.

"I'm gonna get something to drink." I told him.

"Yea, I'm gonna go get to know everybody again. Do you mind?"

"Nah, you go ahead. I'll catch up with you later." I waved and walked in
the other direction. I strolled over to the refreshment table and grabbed
whatever the liquid was that was sitting in the punch bowl. I had no clue
what it was, but it tasted good. So good in fact, that I took a bunch more
after that.

It was about 2 hours into the party. I had no idea where Tai was at this
point. Actually, I didn't really know anything at this point. Everything
was sort of hazy. So I was sitting on the couch, just watching everybody
else have a good time, and drinking my....whatever it was. I knew Jamie
had something to do with it though. Then I felt someone sit down next to
me. I opened my eyes and glanced to my left.

"You're Ryan, right?" the young brunette nodded.

"Yea. And no need to remind me of who you are. You're all Tai talks
about." He said and went back to staring off into space.

"Ryan, is there something wrong? You look...depressed."

"Not depressed, just confused."

"About what?" he had my whole attention now.

"Well, are you drunk?" he caught me off-guard. I shook my head, then
realized that that wasn't a smart idea.

"I don't know. Is the punch bowl liquid spiked?"

"Yes. Some hyper blonde spiked it." He informed me. Jamie. So I was
right. Oh well.

"All right, then yes I am. Why?"

"Because then you won't remember any of what I'm going to confide in you."

"Why tell me? I figured you would ask Tai." He shook his head and sighed.

"No, Tai's on McKenzie's side. Plus it'd be too weird to ask him."

"So you're going to ask a stranger?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Not a TOTAL stranger."

"All right. So what are you so confused about?"

"How did you know you were gay?" Again, he caught me off-guard.

"What?" I asked out of shock.

"Never mind. Sorry for bothering you." He mumbled and started to get off
the couch.

"No, sit. You just surprised me that's all." I pulled on his wrist and he
sat down.

"So, why do you ask?" I asked him.

"I don't know. I'm just confused about it. I mean, McKenzie told me she
liked me a few weeks ago. I told her I didn't feel the same way, which was
true, but it didn't mean I didn't like her as a person. Either way, we got
mad at eachother and haven't spoken since then. Then I got to thinking,
I've never actually liked a girl like that. So I've just been..."

"Contemplating your sexuality?" I finished for him.

"Yea I guess."

"Well, have you ever been attracted to another guy?"

"No, not exactly."

"What do you mean, not exactly?" He sort of blushed and went all quiet.

"I've never been attracted, but....thought they were good looking. But
same thing with girls. So again, more confused."

"Maybe you're Bi." He shrugged and was silent. Then he glanced over to
me.

"Do you think we could try something to help?" he asked me.

"Like what?" I didn't have time to react as he planted his lips onto mine.
I knew it was wrong, but I couldn't help it. He wriggled his tongue into
my mouth and started messing around. I knew it was wrong, but it felt so
right.

"YAMATO ISHIDA WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?" a loud voice
interrupted. Ryan and I quickly pulled apart and I looked for the voice.
I spotted Tai standing in front of us, and he didn't look very happy.

"Tai, look I can explain." I jumped off the couch.

"Ryan what the hell were you thinking? I thought I could trust you!" Tai
turned towards Ryan.

"Tai, calm down." Ryan tried to tell him.

"Calm? How the hell do I stay calm?" Tai yelled at him.

"Tai, people are starting to stare at you." I pointed out. He turned and
glared at me.

"Who gives a damn about them? I can't believe you would do this to me." He
said as his eyes filled with tears and he ran out the front door. I
flashed Ryan an apologetic look and ran after Tai. I found him standing
outside of the door, crying and ignoring everything around him.

"Tai, I can explain."

"I'm sure you can." I replied bitterly. I sighed and walked closer to him.

"Look, Ryan needed some advice." I started out.

"So you kissed him to help?" Tai raised his eyebrow.

"Actually, he kissed me." I corrected him.

"Yea, but you kissed back. Hell Matt, you looked like you were enjoying
yourself!"

"Well, yea. He's not a bad kisser really." Even in my drunken state, I
knew I had pissed him off even more.

"Oh really? So why not go out with him instead of me huh?" he glared
through his tears.

"Tai, it's not like that." I tried again.

"You know what, Yamato? Screw it."

"Screw what?"

"The relationship. We're through." He turned on his heel and walked away.

"Tai wait!" I called after him. I really did still love him. And he just
dumped me.

"Why?" I asked no one in particular. I continued to watch the lone figure
walk down the street in the pale moonlight. And that was the last thing I
saw before I passed out.

"Oh shit." I scrambled out of my bed or whoever's bed it was and bolted for
the bathroom, where I proceeded to puke my guts out.

"Nice to see you awake." Someone said from the doorway. I looked up and
saw Tai. Tai...wait. '"You know what, Yamato? Screw it." "Screw what?"
"The relationship. We're through."' I remember now. Ah shit, what did I
do?

"Are you really that drunk?" he said sarcastically and handed me a glass of
water.

"Drunk?" I repeated.

"Yea, from last night."

"Last night?"

"What are you, a parrot?" he asked me.

"No, my head hurts." I whined. He rolled his eyes again and handed me an
aspirin.

"You're at my house. You got drunk at the party last night." He explained.

"And you broke up with me." I finished for him.

"Yep." He walked out of the bathroom. I slowly followed him.

"Why did you bring me here then?" I asked him as I sat next to him.

"What did you think I was going to do, leave you there, passed out in the
middle of nowhere?" He replied without looking at me.

"Your parents didn't care?"

"They weren't home. They'll be back sometime this afternoon though."

"Tai, can I explain about last night?"

"I know Ryan kissed you. He told me that he took advantage of you. But I
understand why he did it."

"So why are you still mad at me?" He looked up at me with pained eyes.

"Because you never explained why you liked it."

"I was drunk! I didn't know what I was doing!"

"YOU WERE KISSING HIM BACK!"

"NOT MY FAULT HIS TONGUE STARTED SLIDING DOWN MY THROAT!"

"WHAT?"

"Look, he took advantage of me. That doesn't mean I love you any less!"

"Yea well, you have a messed up way of showing it!"

"Tai look, I missed you. I was deprived of your love. So when Ryan
started making out with me, I just reacted without thinking. Reminded me
of the times I kissed you."

"Yet, it was still with another guy." He growled. I shook my head.

"Tai what the hell is your damn problem? You haven't been the same since
you came home!"

"Shit happens." He said curtly.

"Tai, did something happen in New York?" He still refused to look at me.

"Tai, what happened?" I persisted him.

"Raped." He mumbled quietly.

"WHAT?" I made him look at me, his eyes filling again.

"I was raped, ok?" he said, on the verge of sobbing.

"When? Who? Why?" I asked all at the same time.

"About 5 weeks after I was there. Some ass who was sharing a room with me
at the corporation. And because I messed with him, pissed him off." He
replied.

"Why didn't you ever tell me?" He looked me in the eye and glared.

"What do you think I was trying to do? But you were making out with Ryan.
I go back to talk to YOU again, and YOU were kissing another guy! Do you
have ANY idea how that makes ME feel?" I never expected him to say
something like that. I never dreamed something like that would happen to
MY Tai. Some creep damaged him and I couldn't do anything about it. By
now he was in tears again.

"Tai....I don't know what to say."

"Yea, well, there's nothing to say." He said quietly. I just sat there
like a moron and stared at him.

"You should go home now." He mumbled and started to get of the couch. I
grabbed his wrist and held him still.

"Just because I kissed another guy doesn't mean I love you any less. I'm
sorry I didn't let you tell me."

"Yea, sure." He brushed it off. I was starting to get a little irritated.

"Look Tai, you want prove, here's you prove." I said and kissed him hard
on the mouth. He didn't expect it, but he quickly responded. I slowly
pulled away and grinned.

"Better then anything Ryan could do." I said.

"Yea."

"So do you forgive me?"

"No." My jaw dropped.

"Why not?"

"Because, I should be asking you for forgiveness." He smiled softly.

"You're forgiven if I'm forgiven." I replied.

"Good. Then there's only one thing I have to ask."

"What would that be, Tai?"

"Will you go out with me again?"

"Of course." I told him and started kissing him again, pushing him down on
the couch. I straddled his hips as he slipped his hands under my shirt,
rubbing one finger up and down my spine. I could tell that he had a hard-
on. He gently unbuttoned my shirt and took it off of me. He started to
unzip my jeans when I stopped him.

"What is it?" he asked as he panted.

"Don't you think we should do this somewhere more...enclosed? I don't
think your mom and dad would appreciate it if they walked in to find us
screwing on the sofa."

"That's true...." He said and pushed me off of him.

"Then, we go to my room." He said and lifted me up, carrying me into his
bedroom. He closed the door, locked it, and dropped me on the bed.

"So, shall we continue?" he asked slyly.

"Let's." I grinned lazily and let him rid me of my jeans. I did the same
for him, while still kissing every inch of his bare chest.

"You sure about this?" I asked him. He nodded.

"I'm definitely sure." He said. I nodded back and plunged into my
pleasure, muffling his screams with kisses.

The sun was slowly going down. I climbed out of the bed and pulled my
boxers on.

"Mato, you DO realize those are mine, don't you?" Tai sat up from the bed.
I looked down and back at him.

"Well, now I do." I replied as I threw mine at him.

"You're not going to take them off and put on your own?" he asked me in
confusion.

"Nope." He rolled his eyes and slipped into my boxers. I climbed back
into bed and pulled the covers over us. Tai snuggled up closer to me.

"There are moments like these that remind me how glad I am to be home." He
said, breaking the serene silence.

"Tai, that sounded like something from a Hallmark card." He shrugged.

"So? It's true. Plus this was better then getting some from being raped."

"Please say you think about more then that."

"Yes I do."

"Like what?" He started drawing circles on my bare chest.

"Like you....and me..and how lucky I am to have you as mine. All for
myself."

"I'm glad to hear it." He nodded and yawned.

"Tired?" I asked. He nodded again and closed his eyes.

"I couldn't sleep last night."

"Why not?" I asked, concerned.

"Because I was beating myself up for telling you to leave me. And just
some other things."

"Don't worry about it." I ran a hand through his hair. Even though it
looked rough and wild, it felt nice. Kind of soft and silky.

"Aren't your parents coming home soon?" I glanced at the clock.

"Not until tomorrow."

"You told me that they were coming back this afternoon."

"That was just to try and get rid of you. And it didn't work anyway so
drop it."

"And you were trying to get rid of me why?"

"'Cause I was still mad at you."

"You're not now, are you?"

"Nope. Otherwise I wouldn't have let you screw me." I rolled my eyes.

"Good point." It was quiet again, not like an awkward quiet or a creepy
quiet, but a tranquil quiet.

"You know Tai, I'm glad we're still together. I mean, what would life be
without you? You're my best friend and boyfriend. If something happened
in one relationship, I'd lose the other. I'm just happy to know we can get
through anything now. You know what I mean?" I was met with silence.

"Tai?" I looked down and saw him sound asleep. I had to fight the urge to
go, "Aww!" It was just cute. I smiled and crawled further into the bed.

"Yea, I know what you mean." He said quietly. I looked over to him and saw
that he was still asleep.

'He never shuts up.' I thought to myself. But then again, I couldn't deal
with him any other way.

"Good night, Tai." I kissed him gently on the forehead and started to drift
off, next to my boyfriend of forever and always. But then I woke myself
up.

'Is it really forever and always?' I thought to myself again. I looked at
Tai and examined every part of him. Then I looked at his upper body.
There on his neck was the same ring I gave him 3 months ago. He was
subconsciously clutching it in his sleep. I shook my head and closed my
eyes again.

"Yea. Definitely forever and always." I said aloud and fell into a
peaceful sleep.

Well, there you have it ladies and gentlemen, the end of Model Love. That
was suppose to be a lemon, but I don't think it turned out right. I've
never written one before, so it might have flopped. Anyway, I hope you
liked how that ended. I know I did. I bit of normality at the beginning,
angst in the middle, sorta lemon in the other middle, and fluff at the end!

KV: Not your BEST fluff though.

I know. That's for the next story.

Ryamon: Way to go IV. You just wrecked the surprise in the third story.

Oh well. Just be on the look out for it. I'm not sure what I'm going to
call it, but it will obviously start with "Model". So in the
meantime...reviews? Thanks. I LOVE YOU REVIEWERS!

KV and Ryamon: She's hyper. Forgive her.

Shut up guys. Bai people!

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